2009 – 2022 (PROSE SECTION)  

1. Dr. Zakir Hussain entered the office in a spirit of___humility.

(A) special

(B) prayerful

(C) long

(D) new 

2. European Civilization will mean……..for India.

(A) want

(B) living

(C) ruin

(D) real

 3. Nanukaka wrote a cheque for a ….rupees.

(A) thousand

(B) hundred

(C) five thousand

(D) ten thousand

4. The “bank of justice” is ……

(A) bankrupt

(B) highway

(C) staggered

(D) struggled

5. Has civilization taught us to be more….towards one another

(A) enemy

(B) angry

(C) upset

(D) friendly

6. Anton Chekov began his career by writing…..

(A) drama

(B) poetry

(C) comic sketch

(D) novels

7. Benjy was the son of….

(A) Robinson

(B) Stevenson

(C) Rockson

(D) Johnson

8. Gibbon is associated with………

(A) Italy

(B) Sweden

(C) Russia

(D) America

9. Sebei was a twelve years old….boy.

(A) American

(B) Japanese

(C) African

(D) Indian

10. Our ancestors enjoyed…..rule.

(A) nice

(B) society

(C) home

(D) nation

11. Martin Luther King dislike….discriminaiton.

(A) caste

(B) sex

(C) religion

(D) racial

12. Lomov is a man of………temperament.

(A) happy

(B) negative

(C) sad

(D) nervous

13. Bertrand Russell was a philosopher and a………

(A) historian

(B) geologist

(C) mathematician

(D) scientist

14. ….is called the father of the modern novel.

(A) Richardson

(B) Fielding

(C) Johnson

(D) Dryden

15. ….are rulers of ancient Egypt.

(A) Americans

(B) Africans

(C) Iranians

(D) Pharaohs

16. Pearl S. Buck is an…..writer.

(A) American

(B) Indian

(C) Iranian

(D) African

17. “I have a dream” is a speech delivered.

(A) Germaine Greer

(B) Shiga Naoya

(C) H. E. Bates

(D) Martin Luther King

18. Nanukaka was the narrator’s……..

(A) maternal uncle

(B) father

(C) cousin

(D) mother

19. Our forefathers did not invent machinery because…..

(A) they knew we would become slaves

(B) they knew we would be happy

(C) they did not like to see us be comfortable

(D) they were jealous of us

20. And as we walk, we make the pledge that we shall….. .

(A) always be satisfied

(B) always fight

(C) always hate people

(D) always march ahead

21. Seibei hobby was collecting ______

(A) gourds 

(B) flowers 

(C) seeds

(D) grass 

22. The sentence ‘After all, there is something in Hinduism that has kept it alive up till now’ is taken from…

(A) Artist 

(B) The earth 

(C) Indian Civilization and Culture 

(D) I Have a Dream 

23. Bertrand Russel was awarded Noble Prize in literature in the year _____

(A) 1956

(B) 1952

(C) 1950

(D) 1953

24. “The waste Land” has been composed by ______

(A) T.S.Eliot 

(B) W.H. Auden 

(C) S.T. Coleridge 

(D) John Donne 

25. Dr. Radhakrishan never lost his faith in the ______

(A) essential wealth 

(B) essential humanity of man 

(C) essential knowledge 

(D) essential experience

26. ‘Ideas that have helped mankind’ is written by _______

(A) Germaine Greer

(B) Pearl S. Buck 

(C) Shiga Naoya 

(D) Bertrand Russell 

28. Shiga Naoya is a ______short story writer. 

(A) Chinese 

(B) Japanese 

(C) Malaysian 

(D) Korean 

29. The sentence, ‘The distinguishing characteristic of modern civilization is our indefinite multiplicity of wants’ is from. 

(A) Indian civilization and culture 

(B) I Have a Dream 

(C) A child is born 

(D) The earth 

30. Lomov wants to marry ______

(A) Jessica 

(B) Natalia 

(C) Susan 

(D) Florence 

31. ‘Bharat is my home’ is written by ______

(A) Germaince Greer 

(B) Shiga Naoya 

(C) Pearl S Buck 

(D) Zakir Hussain 

32. Dorothy L. Sayers says that press is free _____

(A) everywhere 

(B) somewhere 

(C) nowhere 

(D) at most places 

33. H.E. Bates also worked for some time as a/an ______

(A) actor 

(B) singer 

(C) journalist 

(D) librarian 

34. Pearl S. Buck had a/an _______family doctor. 

(A) Chinese 

(B) Indian 

(C) African 

(D) American 

35. What, according to Zakir Hussain, which is the prime instrument of national purpose?  

(A) Business 

(B) Service 

(C) Politics 

(D) Education 

36. “Ideas that have helped mankind” is written by….

(A) Germaine Greer 

(B) Pearl S. Buck 

(C) Shiga Naoya 

(D) Bertrand Russell 

37. Bertrand Russell was awarded Noble prize in literature in….. 

(A) 1956

(B) 1952

(C) 1950

(D) 1953

38. “The wasteland” is written by….. 

(A) T.S. Eliot 

(B) W.H. Auden 

(C) S.T. Coleridge 

(D) John Donne 

39. Our forefathers did nor invent machinery because…. 

(A) they knew we would become slaves 

(B) they knew we would be happy 

(C) they did not like to see us comfortable 

(D) they were jealous of us 

40. Dr. Zakir Hussain is the author of the ______ piece 

(A) The artist 

(B) Bharat is my home 

(C) A child is born 

(D) How free is the press 

41. ‘After all, there is something in Hinduism that has kept it alive up till now’ is from 

 (A) The Earth 

(B) Indian Civilization and Culture 

(C) Bharat is my Home 

(D) I have a dream 

42. ________ were satisfied with small villages. 

(A) Old people 

(B) Our ancestors

(C) Youth 

(D) Adults 

43. “And as we walk, we make the pledge that we shall….

(A) always be satisfied 

(B) always fight 

(C) always hate people 

(D) always march ahead 

44. Who wrote the piece, ‘Why I am Not a Christian ?’

(A) Bertrand Russell 

(B) Shiga Naoya 

(C) Dorothy L. Sayers 

(D) Pearl S. Buck 

45. Seibei was passionately interested in…..

(A) baskets 

(B) carrots 

(C) gourds 

(D) potatoes 

46. All technological changes cause _______ problems. 

(A) social 

(B) behavioural 

(C) industrial 

(D) personal 

47. Benjy understood about the business of….

(A) education 

(B) hens 

(C) homes 

(D) fruits 

48. The Gujarati equivalent for civilization means…. 

(A) bad conduct 

(B) intelligent conduct 

(C) good conduct 

(D) delightful conduct 

49. Nanukaka was coming to Delhi to…..

(A) see some people 

(B) see some minister

(C) see his sister 

(D) see some relatives 

50. ‘Some of the immediate and brilliant results of modern inventions are too maddening to resist.’ is from 

(A) Bharat is My Home 

(B)  A Pinch of Snuff 

(C) Indian Civilization and Culture 

(D) Ideas that have helped mankind 

51. India was a part of the background of…… 

(A) the doctor’s life 

(B) the wife’s life 

(C) the Kashmiri man’s life 

(D) Pearl S. Buck’s life 

52. Emancipation Proclamation gave the Negro…. 

(A) slavery

(B) freedom from slavery 

(C) captivity 

(D) despair 

53. Bertrand Russell was also a…..

(A) painter 

(B) dramatist 

(C) mathematician 

(D) geologist 

54. When we speak of ‘the freedom of the press’ , we usually mean freedom in a _____sense.

 (A) technical 

(B) legal

(C) social

(D) comedy 

55. ‘A Marriage Proposal ‘ is a….

(A) tragedy 

(B) satire 

(C) tragi- comedy 

(D) comedy 

56. “Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty.” is a line from 

(A) Indian Civilization and Culture 

(B) A Child is Born 

(C) A Marriage Proposal 

(D) Bharat is My Home 

57. “The people have chosen to make me the head of this family for a certain time.” Who says this ? 

(A) Dr. Zakir Hussain 

(B) Kamala Das 

(C) Pearl S. Buck 

(D) Manohar Malgaonkar 

58. Who travelled free with Nanukaka ? 

(A) Dog 

(B) Rabbit 

(C) Hen 

(D) Kitten 

59. Martin Luther King Jr. askes the black people to continue working with……

(A) love 

(B) hatred 

(C) faith 

(D) jealous 

60. Seibei would examine the___as soon as he got up. 

(A) gourds 

(B) painting 

(C) books

(D) food 

61. India remains immovable and that is her….

(A) independence 

(B) glory 

(C) honesty 

(D) power 

62. The food in Indian villagers was served on ______ leaves. 

(A) banana 

(B) peepal 

(C) mango 

(D) papaya 

63. The _____ advised Benjy to keep hens. 

(A) grandparents 

(B) sister 

(C) teacher 

(D) doctor 

64. A woman has to observe various customs and ritual during……

(A) education

(B) cooking 

(C) having bath 

(D) pregnancy 

65. According to Bertrand Russell, _____ die in large numbers in winter.

(A) Human beings 

(B) Plants 

(C) Animals 

(D) Birds 

66. ________ were satisfied with true Home Rule. 

(A) Our ancestors

(B) Germans 

(C) Italians 

(D) Greeks 

67. “The more we indulge in our passions, the more unbridled they become” is taken from 

(A) Bharat is My Home 

(B) Indian Civilization and Culture 

(C) How free is the press 

(D) A Child is Born 

68. The mother in ‘ A Pinch of Snuff” was waiting at the _____ for her brother . 

(A) room 

(B) gate

(C) doorstep 

(D) verandah 

69. The editorial policy of a popular daily is controlled by ______chief factors 

(A) two 

(B) three 

(C) four 

(D) five 

 70. Benjy owned a….. 

(A) Contessa Car

(B) Hyundai Car 

(C) Honda City 

(D) Ford Van 

71. “Come, My Beloved’ is written by….

(A) Pearl S. Buck

(B) Mahatma Gandhi 

(C) Dr. Zakir Hussain 

(D) Germaine Greer 

72. When is censorship imposed on press in a country like Britain ?

(A) During flood 

(B) During emergency 

(C) During election 

(D) During disasters 

73. _______ is sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression. 

(A) New York 

(B) New Jersey 

(C) Mississippi 

(D) Chicago 

74. Lomov and ____are quarrelling for the ox Meadows.

(A) Natalia 

(B) Choobookov 

(C)  Somov 

(D) Natasha 

75. The type of gourds that appealed to Seibei was 

(A) unpolished 

(B) peculiar 

(C) even and symmetrical 

(D) old and gnarled 

76. Martin Luther King was the youngest person to receive the ______ in 1964

(A) Booker prize 

(B) Nobel prize 

(C) National Award Innovation 

(D) Ibrahim Prize for Achievement 

77. ” Deeply and painfully upset, they went to the man named Sanders, and told him how it was.” _____ is from 

(A) A Marriage Proposal 

(B) A Child is Born 

(C) The Earth 

(D) How Free is the Press 

78. Anton Chekov was a __________ by profession. 

(A) teacher 

(B) soldier 

(C) manager 

(D) doctor 

79. For what purpose had Nanukaka come to Delhi ? 

(A) For paying the debt 

(B) Attend Zamindar convention 

(C) To take rest 

(D) To see some ministers

80. “Fancy a lad spending his time playing around like that with gourds ” _- from 

(A) The Earth 

(B) A Marriage Proposal 

(C) A Child is Born 

(D) The Artist 

81. _______ women had given up going to international conferences. 

(A) sudanese 

(B) Indian 

(C) Australian 

(D) Pakistani 

82. Bertrand Russel belonged to…. 

(A) Germany 

(B) Iceland 

(C) Britain 

(D) Ireland 

83. How many hens were at first kept by Benjy? 

(A) About a  dozen 

(B) Thirty six 

(C) About two dozens

(D) Fifty 

84. “I am thankful to the west for many a thing I have learnt from western literature” is taken from 

 (A) Indian Civilization and Culture 

(B) I Have a Dream 

(C) Bharat is my home 

(D) The earth 

85. “The past is not dead and static, it is alive and dynamic” is taken from

 (A) I Have a Dream 

(B) The Artist 

(C) The Earth 

(D) Bharat is My Home 

86. The mother of the narrator was very confident that Nanukaka would be able to manage to see the Minister.

(A) on Sunday 

(B) Whenever he wanted 

(C) in between a meeting 

(D) on the Minister’s vacation 

87. According to Martin Luther King, Jr. “Let us not wallow in the valley of ______

(A) Liverpool 

(B) despair 

(C) Alabama 

(D) Hope 

88. ” He has the look of being a simple – hearted man as well as simple -minded man ” is taken from 

(A) The Artist 

(B) The Earth

(C) A Marriage Proposal 

(D) A Child is Born 

89. Pearl S. Buck is the writer of books like…..

(A) The Waste Land 

(B) Come, My Beloved 

(C) Macbeth 

(D) Bombay Beware 

90. The name of Lomov’s dog is …..

(A) leap 

(B) guess 

(C) juno 

(D) Jupiter 

91. Nanukaka stood in the doorway of a ____class carriage; 

(A) first 

(B) A.C

(C) second 

(D) Third 

92. Manohar Malganokar is a/an _______ writer .

(A) Indian 

(B) American 

(C) British 

(D) Nigerian 

93. Bertrand Russel was a British……

(A) doctor 

(B) nurse

(C) farmer 

(D) philosopher 

94. “The next day the teacher gave Seibei’s consfiscated gourd to an old porter who worked in the school” is taken from 

(A) A Child is Born 

(B) The Artist 

(C) Bharat is My Home 

(D) A Pinch of Snuff

95. The ways of managing child birth in traditional societies are…..

(A) many and varied 

(B) few 

(C) none 

(D) some 

96. Free people must see to it that when peace comes _____ is restored

(A) sanity 

(B) relationship 

(C) full freedom 

(D) press 

97. Which nation has been called the young state of ancient people? 

(A) India

(B) China 

(C) Pakistan 

(D) Iran 

98. The state of ______ is sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an Oasis of freedom and justice 

(A) Texas 

(B) New Jersey 

(C) New York 

(D) Mississippi 

99. ” Observing all this, our ancestors dissuaded us from luxuries and pleasures, ” is from 

(A) A Pinch of Snuff 

(B) The Earth 

(C) Indian Civilization and Culture 

(D) India Through a Traveller’s Eye 

100. “The family is big and is constantly growing at a rather inconveniently fast peace” is from 

(A) Bharat is My Home

(B) The Earth 

(C) How Free is the press 

(D) I Have a Dream 

101. The narrator in ” A Pinch of Snuff” was a/an ______ on probation. 

(A) Secretary 

(B) Clerk 

(C) Under- Secretary 

(D) Bank Officer 

102. The book ‘Come, My Beloved has___background

(A) Indian 

(B) Scandinavian 

(C) African 

(D) American 

103. For What purpose had Nanukaka come to Delhi ? 

(A) For paying the debt 

(B) Attend Zamindar Convention 

(C) To take rest 

(D) To see some ministers 

104. Who has violated the tradition of religion by cremating ? 

(A) D.H. Lawrence 

(B) Kamala Das 

(C) Keki N. Daruwala 

(D) T.S. Eliot 

105. Evan more important than the domestication of animals was the invention of……

(A) reading 

(B) writing 

(C) agriculture 

(D) religion 

106. _______ women had given up going to international conferences

(A) Sudanese 

(B) Indian 

(C) Australian 

(D) Pakistani 

107. Advertisers contribute to the _________of the newspaper 

(A) material 

(B) news 

(C) revenue 

(D) gossip 

108. “But believe that I shall make Speedier journeys, since I take” a line from.

(A) Sweetest love I do not goe 

(B) Fire Hymn 

(C) Snake 

(D) Song of Myself 

  2018 – 2022 (POETRY SECTION)  

1. The poetess in ‘The Grand Mother House’ begs at ______ doors

(A) Friend’s 

(B) Family’s 

(C) Stranger’s 

(D) Enemy’s 

2. ‘And gathering swallows twitter in the skies is taken from: 

(A) snake 

(B) the soldier 

(C) ode to autumn 

(D) an epitaph 

3. The poet in “the soldier” is depicting the miseries of ________ 

(A) war

(B) nature

(C) relation 

(D) love 

4. Mungojerrie and Griddlebone are also ________

(A) dogs 

(B) monkeys 

(C) birds 

(D) cats 

5. ‘Hoping to cease not till death’ is a line from : 

(A) Sweetest Love I Do not Goe 

(B) Song of Myself 

(C) The Soldier 

(D) Fire-Hymn 

6. Macavity is an __________ 

(A) outlaw 

(B) criminals 

(C) looter 

(D) diplomat 

7. A sonnet is a poem of _______ lines 

(A) 16

(B) 14

(C) 18

(D) 20

8. ‘An Epitaph ‘ is written by…… 

(A) John Keats 

(B) T.S. Eliot 

(C) Walter De La Mare 

(D) W.H. Auden 

9. John Donne is a ______ poet 

(A) nature 

(B) metaphysical 

(C) cavalier 

(D) romantic 

10. The line ‘In hearts at peace, under an English heaven’ is taken from _______

(A) Ode to Autumn 

(B) The Soldier 

(C) Song of Myself

(D) Fire Hymn 

11. The line ‘and the nightingale is dumb’ is taken from _______

(A) fire hymn

(B) ode to autumn 

(C) Now the leaves are falling fast 

(D) Sweetest Love I Do Not Goe 

12. The line ‘Hoping to cease not till death’ is taken from _____

(A) Song of Myself 

(B) The Soldier 

(C) Fire hymn 

(D) None of these 

14. “The waste Land” has been composed by ______

(A) T.S. Eliot 

(B) W.H. Auden 

(C) S.T. Coleridge 

(D) John Donne 

15. Walter de la mare makes us aware of the ________

(A) in human conditions of modern  life 

(B) poverty 

(C) dreams 

(D) London life

16. Walter De La Mare was born in the year _______

(A) 1853

(B) 1867

(C) 1873

(D) 1889

17. Snakes were seen among _________ in “My Grandmother’s House.

(A) beds 

(B) books 

(C) chairs 

(D) tables 

18. The line, “I think she was the most beautiful lady’ is from – 

(A) snake 

(B) fire hymn 

(C) to autumn 

(D) an epitaph 

19. The ‘Romantic Revival’ Often associated with ____

(A) John Dryden 

(B) Alexander Pope 

(C) William Wordsworth 

(D) John Milton 

20. The line “Nor in the hope, the world can show A Fitter love for me, ‘ is from __________

(A) Fire Hymn 

(B) To Autumn 

(C) Snake 

(D) Sweetest Love I Do Not Goe 

21. The line ‘ And the pram go rolling on’ is from _______

(A) snake 

(B) to autumn 

(C) Now the leaves are falling fast 

(D) Fire Hymn 

22. ‘Leaves of Grass’ is a collection of poems by ____

(A) John Donne 

(B) W.H. Auden 

(C) T.S. Eliot 

(D) Walt Whitman 

23. T.S. Eliot is a ______ poet. 

(A) Twentieth century 

(B) Seventeenth century 

(C) Eighteenth century 

(D) Sixteenth century 

24. John Donne is a _______ poet. 

(A) nature 

(B) metaphysical 

(C) cavalier 

(D) romantic 

25. “And the nightingale is dumb” is a line from 

(A) Fire- Hymn 

(B) Ode to Autumn 

(C) Now the Leaves are falling fast 

(D) Sweetest Love I Do not goe 

26. Rupert Brooke praises…….

(A) England 

(B) Germany 

(C) Russia 

(D) America 

27. And the active hands must _______lonely on the separate knees 

(A) die 

(B) pluck 

(C) freeze

(D) snatch 

28. Who is dumb in ‘Now the leaves are falling fast? 

(A) Angel 

(B) Poet 

(C) Trees 

(D) Nightingale 

29. The poet in ‘Snake’ picked up a ______ log. 

(A) hard 

(B) clumsy 

(C) soft 

(D) metal 

30. Who sits carelessly on the granary floor in ‘Ode to Autumn’? 

(A) Old man

(B) children

(C) young 

(D) Woman 

31. In the poem ‘Snake’ Lawrence exalts the values of _______ life.

(A) primitive 

(B) city 

(C) civilized 

(D) artificial 

32. Who wrote ‘Hyperion’ and Endymion’? 

(A) William Wordsworth 

(B) John Keats 

(C) P.B. Shelley 

(D) S.T. Coleridge 

33. “I swore to save fire, from the sin forgetfulness” is taken from 

 (A) Snake 

(B) Ode to Autumn 

(C) Fire- Hymn 

(D) The Soldier

34. Walt Whitman worked as a Volunteer nurse in…..

(A) the civil war 

(B) Crimean war

(C) Second world war 

(D) First World war 

35. “But believe that I shall make speedier journeys, ‘ is taken from 

(A) To Autumn 

(B) Fire – Hymn 

(C) Macavity: The Mystery Cat 

(D) Sweetest Love I Do Not Goe 

36. ‘To Autumn’ is a/an……. 

(A) Hymn 

(B) Ode 

(C) Ballad

(D) Elegy 

37. ‘Her sights and sounds, dream happy as her day ‘ is taken from 

(A) snake 

(B) Fire- Hymn 

(C) The Soldier 

(D) Now the leaves are falling fast 

38. According to T.S. Eliot Macavity is an/a ……..

(A) master criminal 

(B) convicted criminal 

(C) ordinary criminal 

(D) American criminal 

39. The soldier in the poem ‘The Soldier’ is 

(A) French

(B) English 

(C) German 

(D) Spanish 

40. “I permit to speak at every hazard, ” is taken from 

(A) Song of Myself 

(B) Snake

(C) The Soldier 

(D) An Epitaph 

41. However, rare- rare it be; And when I crumble…..” is taken from 

(A) Fire- Hymn 

(B) Ode to Autumn 

(C) Snake 

(D) An Epitaph 

42. _____was honoured with the order of Merit in 1953.

(A) John Donne 

(B) William Wordsworth 

(C) Walter de la mare 

(D) Percy Bysshe Shelley 

43. A dust whom _______bore shaped, made aware, 

(A) Ireland 

(B) lndia 

(C) England 

(D) Iceland 

44. ” Or when the milk is missing, or another Peke’s been stifled,….” is line from…..

(A) Macavity – The Mystery Cat 

(B) Snake 

(C) Fire- Hymn 

(D) The Soldier 

45. “I swore to save fire,  From the sin of ____

(A) sin 

(B) hatred 

(C) forgetfulness

(D) blessings 

46. The poet was dressed ……….when he saw the snake. 

(A) in formal

(B) in pyjamas

(C) in his night suit 

(D) in his undergarments 

47. “I celebrate myself, and sing myself And what I assume you shall assume” is from 

(A) fire hymn 

(B) snake 

(C) song of myself 

(D) to autumn 

48. Whose white waterfall could bless Travellers in their last ________

(A) distress

(B) sadness 

(C) happiness 

(D) tears